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An excellent article published by Smithsonian magazine.
Inspired by circus performers, George Nissen created the bouncing ‘tumbling device’ that still captures imaginations 75 years later …
His invention, which he labeled a “tumbling device,” was granted a patent 75 years ago on March 6, 1945. He later received a registered trademark for “Trampoline,” which came from el trampolín, the Spanish word for “diving board.”
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Ri, now age 35, has been one of the top vaulters in history.
World Champion 2014, 2015 and 2018.
The Olympic Gold medalist in Rio.
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… Olivia Wilde is set to direct Kerri Strug biopic Perfect …
The film, based on the book Landing On My Feet, A Diary Of Dreams by Strug and John P. Lopez, tells the true story of the gymnast’s triumph against the odds to win Team USA’s first gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. Strug was hailed as an American hero when she completed her final vault at the Atlanta games on a badly injured ankle …
The partners will likely be hoping for a similar trajectory to well-received 2017 sports movie I, Tonya, which scored breakout box office and multiple Oscar nominations.
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The deserving winner.
But later it was revealed that she was underage to compete ’91 Worlds.
North Korea was banned from 1993 Worlds as penalty.
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